Lamentations 3:45

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You allowed nations to treat us like rubbish;

Cross References

Lamentations 2:15

Those who pass by shake their heads and sneer as they make fun and shout, “What a lovely city you were, the happiest on earth, but look at you now!”

Lamentations 3:14

I am a joke to everyone— no one ever stops making fun of me.

Lamentations 3:46

our enemies curse us.

1 Corinthians 4:13

When someone curses us, we answer with kind words. Until now we are thought of as nothing more than the trash and rubbish of this world.

Deuteronomy 28:13

Obey the laws and teachings that I'm giving you today, and the LORD your God will make Israel a leader among the nations, and not a follower. Israel will be wealthy and powerful, not poor and weak.

Deuteronomy 28:37

People of nearby countries will shudder when they see your terrible troubles, but they will still make fun of you.

Deuteronomy 28:44

You will be so short of money that you will have to borrow from those foreigners. They will be the leaders in the community, and you will be the followers.